Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Evening Paper

Currently the trunk is sitting open on the back porch "airing out." It has a lot of smell to shed before I can use it for anything. That is not keeping me from getting $12 of pleasure from the September 3, 1946 copy of the Detroit News that has been hiding out inside the trunk all these years. Actually I only have pages 5-16 but those pages are a snap-shot of what was going on here and in the rest of the world at that time.

I thought you might get a kick out of some of the articles and advertisements from this paper. Just to give you some context - it had barely been a year since WWII ended and the world was still recovering from that. The world was still overtly chauvinistic (as compared to covertly chauvinistic as it is now).

Anyway - on to the fun stuff. I you need to see something more clearly - just double click the picture.

From Hudson's - the premier department store in Detroit at the time - some very affordable mirrors for your home:

If you're feeling a little bloated or irritable on 'certain days' of the month. The complete title said "WHAT SUFFERING DO A SOCIETY QUEEN and SCRUB WOMAN have in common?"

And when you are feeling a little more spry you can head out to have a fitting for your vintage spanx!

And learn how to age gracefully - some things never change...

These days were the advent of aerosol deodorant. Thank goodness for that - these must certainly be the precursors to spray paint!

After your slenderized and refreshed slip into your new suit with a stylish peplum jacket. Since 1946 peplums have been in style 3 times that I can remember - including this year. The dolman sleeve maybe only 2 times - now not being one of them.

Are your sons headed off to college? Be sure they are campus ready!

Maybe you'd like to go see a movie. It's so BIG it's going to be showing at TWO theatres!

Perhaps you feel like a little home improvement...I've never (ever) seen anything like this...

I would actually LOVE to have one of these puppies...

Here we have a band leader playing psychologist... things that make you go hmmmmm..

I think this woman was a 1946 version of a DIY blogger!

State Fairs and Harvest Festivals - the world first LINKY PARTIES!

And then there is the REAL news - the AROUND THE WORLD section was on page 15.

Very interesting.

I hope somebody found this fun and interesting. I promise more projects soon.

17 comments:

The more things change the more they stay the same; right? Thanks so much for sharing this old newspaper. The trunk is very cool, but the paper was PRICELESS! And you know what never changes are the advertisements in the papers and the magazines. I think that's what makes blogging so fun. Oh yeah, there are some blogs full of advertisements but the content of the blog is still great. Your post made me smile A LOT. Thanks, Karen.

Great trunk. What makes the newspaper find so good, is that there probably won't be newspapers for much longer, with the internet! I wonder what they will think of our ads and articles in 50 years or so? x

I LOVE that! I'm a sucker for that stuff and have a couple old papers myself....I just can't let them go! It's so fascinating to see, as Maggie said, that the world hasn't changed that much, just the outside dressing! By the way, I haven't done anything special with mine but I opened them flat and put them between a couple sheets of cardboard and they are just under the chaise longue in my bedroom....I think....Blessings, Lorraine

I loved reading these pages Karen, some of them don't sound like they were written over 60 years ago. And you're right - the fashions just come around again and again.I would like to try some of that 'vegetable compound' - not because I think it would work, but because I like vegetable juice !!!

Came over from HoH to see your trunk and fell in love with the newspaper ads and articles. I collect vintage paper and often scan it to make paper for decoupage. My hint for the smell: filled the trunk with new newspaper and a bowl of white vinegar. Sometimes cheap dollar store vanilla will work if you like the smell of vanilla. Leave it outside a hot sunny days with the lid open.

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